Mittelwerk underground factory

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Nazi German military installation World War II site underground weapons factory

The Mittelwerk underground factory was a secret Nazi German facility built into tunnels near Nordhausen that used forced labor to mass-produce V-2 rockets and other advanced weapons during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Mittelwerk underground factory canonical 7
Mittelwerk GmbH 2
Mittelwerk 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi German military installation ⓘ
World War II site ⓘ
underground weapons factory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
surface form: Mittelwerk GmbH

Mittelwerk plant ⓘ
associatedWith German Army rocket engineers ⓘ
SS General Hans Kammler ⓘ
Wernher von Braun ⓘ
builtBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
capturedBy United States Army ⓘ
constructionMethod adaptation of existing tunnels ⓘ
controlledBy Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Schutzstaffel
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endUseDate 1945 ⓘ
evidenceOf Nazi forced labor system ⓘ
hasVictimCount thousands of forced laborers died ⓘ
heritageStatus site of memorials and museums in the region ⓘ
knownFor central role in V-2 deployment ⓘ
extremely harsh working conditions ⓘ
high mortality among prisoners ⓘ
locatedIn Kohnstein mountain ⓘ
locatedInCountry Germany ⓘ
locatedInRegion Thuringia ⓘ
locatedNear Nordhausen ⓘ
near Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
notableProduct A-4 rocket ⓘ
surface form: Aggregat 4 rocket

V-1 flying bomb components ⓘ
V-2 rocket ⓘ
operatedBy SS ⓘ
partOf V-weapons program ⓘ
surface form: German rocket program

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
surface form: Mittelbau-Dora complex

Nazi secret weapons program ⓘ
postWarUse inspected by Allied forces ⓘ
purpose to move rocket production underground ⓘ
reasonForCreation relocation of V-2 production from Peenemünde ⓘ
reasonForUndergroundLocation protection from Allied bombing ⓘ
relatedEvent bombing of Peenemünde ⓘ
surface form: Allied bombing of Peenemünde
startUseDate 1943 ⓘ
suppliedBy Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
tunnelSystemLength approximately 20 kilometers ⓘ
usedFor mass production of V-2 rockets ⓘ
production of V-1 flying bombs ⓘ
production of other advanced weapons ⓘ
usedLabor concentration camp prisoners ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
slave laborers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

V-2 rocket → manufacturedAt → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
Operation Crossbow → notableTarget → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
Aggregat 4 → producedAt → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
Mittelwerk underground factory → alsoKnownAs → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk GmbH
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp → hasFacility → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp → associatedWith → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk GmbH
Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) → mainProductionSite → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2
Arthur Rudolph → associatedWith → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
V-weapons program → notableSite → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
Dora Trial at Dachau → relatedTo → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory
Kohnstein mountain → hasUndergroundFacility → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
subject surface form: Kohnstein
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk
Kohnstein mountain → notableFor → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
subject surface form: Kohnstein
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk underground rocket factory
Kohnstein mountain → hasTunnelSystem → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
subject surface form: Kohnstein
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk tunnels
SS General Hans Kammler → notableProject → Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
subject surface form: Hans Kammler
this entity surface form: Mittelwerk underground V-2 production plant